Dive Summary:
- The State Corporation Commission in Virginia approved Dominion Virginia Power's request to purchase solar power generated by homes and businesses at above-market rates.
- The Solar Purchase Program will allow customers to receive "15 cents a kilowatt-hour" as they buy power from Dominion at "10.5 cents per kilowatt-hour," according to Dianne Corsello, Dominion Virginia Power's manager of customer solutions and new technology.
- Meanwhile, three environmental groups, the Sierra Club, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and Appalachian Voices, expressed concern that the "program is promising more than will be actually delivered."
From the article:
"... The Solar Purchase Program is part of the company’s Community Solar Power Program, under which Dominion Virginia Power also will construct and operate up to 30 megawatts of company-owned solar generation facilities at commercial, industrial, and public locations. ..."
